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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023

Filed:

Feb. 14, 2020
Applicant:

Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL (US);

Inventors:

Abdulhadi Madi, East Lansing, MI (US);

Jason C. Johnson, Brighton, MI (US);

Manoj Kumar Sampath, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Prajwal Hanumantha Rao, Jackson, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 1/02 (2006.01); F01N 3/28 (2006.01); G10K 11/172 (2006.01); G10K 11/162 (2006.01); F01N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01N 1/023 (2013.01); F01N 1/04 (2013.01); F01N 3/2803 (2013.01); F01N 3/2853 (2013.01); G10K 11/162 (2013.01); G10K 11/172 (2013.01); F01N 2230/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

An exhaust device () for a vehicle is provided. The exhaust device () includes an outer shell (), an inlet () to receive exhaust gases, an outlet (), an inner shell () received within the outer shell (), a pair of partition walls () and a Helmholtz neck (). The inner shell () defines an inner volume (). A plurality of first circumferential openings () extending through the inner shell () fluidly communicates the inlet () with the inner volume (). A plurality of second circumferential openings () extending through the inner shell () fluidly communicates the outlet () with the inner volume (). The pair of partition walls () is disposed between the inner shell () and the outer shell (). The pair of partition walls (), the inner shell () and the outer shell () define a Helmholtz chamber () therebetween. The partition walls () seal the Helmholtz chamber () from the inlet () and the outlet (). The Helmholtz neck () is disposed on the inner shell () or one of the pair of partition walls ().


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